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13) palisades – частокол
14) rush – тростник
15) sod – дерн
16) evidence – свидетельство, признак
17) storage – хранение
18) well-to-do – богатый, преуспевающий
19) manor house – особняк
20) mother country – родная страна
Exercises on the Text
Match the beginnings of the sentences with their endings using the information from the text
1. Old homes, taverns,
churches, and public build-
ings, the drama of colonial
times …
a. … the same way as were the
outdoor cellars used for the
storage of vegetables.
2. The early model of New
England could hardly have
worked in the South …
b. … in the colonies, the dif-
ferences in construction are
traceable to the parts of the old
country from which the major-
ity of settlers came.
3. The earliest shelters in all
frontier situations were simi-
lar caves were dug in hill-
sides, tent-like structures
were made of tree branches
and covered with cloth…
c. … and the lives of our an-
cestors are revealed in their
architecture.
4. They were so named be-
cause they were constructed
in exactly …
d. … and neither could the
early model of Virginia have
worked in the North.
5. In seeking the origins of
the style of building and
manner of their construction,
it is found that …
e. … or stakes were driven into
the ground to form palisades,
which were roofed with rushes
or branches woven into mats
and covered with sod or plas-
tered with mud.
Fill in the gaps with the words given below
1. But the story can also be related without words from a … of surviving landmarks.
2. The buildings that exist today are now, for the … part, museums.
3. Between the two strong and opposing cultures of Virginia and New England, the only continuous … was
the sea.
4. Most of the homes that remain today are … of the middle and wealthy classes.
5. The first concern of the European settlers, after they arrived in America, was to … them with shelter.
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highway, provide, perusal, most, representatives
Translate the following word combinations from English into Russian
1. a perusal of landmarks
2. places of worship
3. a Puritan oligarchy
4. representatives of wealthy classes
5. defensive outposts

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